Daily Brief: ‘Selective justice’: Why Manipur’s Kuki-Zos feel let down by the Centre, and more

‘Selective justice’: Why Manipur’s Kuki-Zos feel let down by the Centre

At loggerheads with the state government, the tribal community relied on the Centre for support. But recent events have left them dejected.

Caste census: Why the liberal intelligentsia’s opposition is misplaced

Why must the Indian state not have information about something as fundamental as caste, just as it collects data about region, language, religion, ...

Delhi LG approves prosecution of Arundhati Roy in 2010 ‘provocative speeches’ case, say reports

The complainant accused the author and others of delivering speeches advocating the secession of Kashmir from India.

India can reap the demographic dividend – but there’s a deadline

Currently a young country, India will turn into a rapidly ageing society in the coming decades, a recent UN report said.

‘It brought a whiff of freedom’: Sudha Bharadwaj recalls celebrating Women’s Day in jail

An excerpt from ‘From Phansi Yard: My Year with the Women of Yerawada’, by Sudha Bharadwaj.

When Vidhu Vinod Chopra converted a film set into a crime scene in ‘Khamosh’

This whodunit has rarely been rivalled.

A new book suggests sustainable alternatives to the consumption of smartly advertised brands

An excerpt from ‘Back to Bharat: In Search of a Sustainable Future’, by Nagaraja Prakasam.

‘A writer shouldn’t stay with his story for too long’: Manoj Rupda on ‘I Named My Sister Silence’

The seventh in the series of podcast interviews with the authors and translators longlisted for the 2023 JCB Prize for Literature.

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